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__mac_set_file

Writes a MAC label to a file identified by path.

Prototype

int __mac_set_file(char *path_p, struct mac *mac_p);

Returns: int

Arguments

NameTypeDirDescription
path_pchar-
mac_pstruct mac-

Version history

XNU tagmacOS#
xnu-1456.1.26macOS 10.6 Snow Leopard383
xnu-1699.24.8macOS 10.7 Lion383
xnu-2050.18.24macOS 10.8 Mountain Lion383
xnu-2422.115.4macOS 10.9 Mavericks383
xnu-2782.40.9macOS 10.10 Yosemite383
xnu-3247.1.106macOS 10.11 El Capitan383
xnu-3789.1.32macOS 10.12 Sierra383
xnu-4570.1.46macOS 10.13 High Sierra383
xnu-4903.221.2macOS 10.14 Mojave383
xnu-6153.11.26macOS 10.15 Catalina383
xnu-7195.50.7.100.1macOS 11.0 Big Sur383
xnu-8019.41.5macOS 12.0 Monterey383
xnu-8792.41.9macOS 13.0 Ventura383
xnu-10002.1.13macOS 14.0 Sonoma383
xnu-11215.1.10macOS 15.0 Sequoia383
xnu-11417.101.15macOS 15.4 Sequoia383
xnu-12377.1.9macOS 26.0 Tahoe383
xnu-10002.41.9—383
xnu-10002.61.3—383
xnu-10002.81.5—383
xnu-10063.101.15—383
xnu-10063.121.3—383
xnu-10063.141.1—383
xnu-11215.41.3—383
xnu-11215.61.5—383
xnu-11215.81.4—383
xnu-11417.121.6—383
xnu-11417.140.69—383
xnu-12377.101.15—383
xnu-12377.41.6—383
xnu-12377.61.12—383
xnu-12377.81.4—383
xnu-1486.2.11—383
xnu-1504.15.3—383
xnu-1504.3.12—383
xnu-1504.7.4—383
xnu-1504.9.17—383
xnu-1504.9.26—383
xnu-1504.9.37—383
xnu-1699.22.73—383
xnu-1699.22.81—383
xnu-1699.24.23—383
xnu-1699.26.8—383
xnu-1699.32.7—383
xnu-2050.22.13—383
xnu-2050.24.15—383
xnu-2050.48.11—383
xnu-2050.7.9—383
xnu-2050.9.2—383
xnu-2422.1.72—383
xnu-2422.100.13—383
xnu-2422.110.17—383
xnu-2422.90.20—383
xnu-2782.1.97—383
xnu-2782.10.72—383
xnu-2782.20.48—383
xnu-2782.30.5—383
xnu-3247.10.11—383
xnu-3248.20.55—383
xnu-3248.30.4—383
xnu-3248.40.184—383
xnu-3248.50.21—383
xnu-3248.60.10—383
xnu-3789.21.4—383
xnu-3789.31.2—383
xnu-3789.41.3—383
xnu-3789.51.2—383
xnu-3789.60.24—383
xnu-3789.70.16—383
xnu-4570.20.62—383
xnu-4570.31.3—383
xnu-4570.41.2—383
xnu-4570.51.1—383
xnu-4570.61.1—383
xnu-4570.71.2—383
xnu-4903.231.4—383
xnu-4903.241.1—383
xnu-4903.270.47—383
xnu-6153.101.6—383
xnu-6153.121.1—383
xnu-6153.141.1—383
xnu-6153.41.3—383
xnu-6153.61.1—383
xnu-6153.81.5—383
xnu-7195.101.1—383
xnu-7195.121.3—383
xnu-7195.141.2—383
xnu-7195.60.75—383
xnu-7195.81.3—383
xnu-8019.61.5—383
xnu-8019.80.24—383
xnu-8020.101.4—383
xnu-8020.121.3—383
xnu-8020.140.41—383
xnu-8792.61.2—383
xnu-8792.81.2—383
xnu-8796.101.5—383
xnu-8796.121.2—383
xnu-8796.141.3—383

Notes

Path-based label writer. Like __mac_set_fd, the kernel dispatches to each policy that claims one of the label elements. Symlinks are followed; __mac_set_link operates on the link itself. Used by macOS-specific labelers in research builds and by FreeBSD-derived tooling.

Detection

Visible through mpo_vnode_check_label_update; combine with mpo_vnode_check_lookup to recover the full path being relabelled.

Related APIs

__mac_get_file__mac_set_link__mac_set_fdmac_set_file